This morning Donald Trump reiterated one of few Trump assertions I agree with: United States intervention in the middle east (Iraq, etc.) was a mistake, costing billions that could have been channeled into rehabilitating and rebuilding U.S. infrastructure.
He was speaking to the extremely conservative CPAC, most of whom would not agree with this assertion. And yet this speech is being called a "triumph".
Here in the United States, roads have been crumbling for years; buildings stand vacant; railroads are far behind other developed countries. Much of this decay has occurred in the past twenty years.
While for other topics, the past month's flurry of confused political activity obscures Trump's Wall Street, corporate favoritism, the U.S. infrastructure is greatly in need of a renaissance.
Unfortunately, however, there is a catch. Although Trump's claim to "make America great again" sounds good, could "rebuilding the U.S." be another ruse - more obfuscation to continue lightning-speed deregulation and give the Wall Street he demeaned during his campaign, free-rein to glorify corporatocracy and disempower democracy?
He was speaking to the extremely conservative CPAC, most of whom would not agree with this assertion. And yet this speech is being called a "triumph".
Here in the United States, roads have been crumbling for years; buildings stand vacant; railroads are far behind other developed countries. Much of this decay has occurred in the past twenty years.
While for other topics, the past month's flurry of confused political activity obscures Trump's Wall Street, corporate favoritism, the U.S. infrastructure is greatly in need of a renaissance.
Unfortunately, however, there is a catch. Although Trump's claim to "make America great again" sounds good, could "rebuilding the U.S." be another ruse - more obfuscation to continue lightning-speed deregulation and give the Wall Street he demeaned during his campaign, free-rein to glorify corporatocracy and disempower democracy?
